RoadracingWorld.com Suzuki >> TOUGH WEEKEND AT MID-OHIO

July 19 2010

Roadracingworld.com Suzuki battled through a difficult outing at the Mid-Ohio round of the AMA Pro Road Racing championship.

Santiago Villa struggled in his search for front-end feel and was only able to qualify 24th for the weekend's AMA Pro Daytona SportBike doubleheader at 1:35.728. The races weren't any easier as the multi-time Colombian champion ran off-track in Saturday's contest before continuing on to claim 22nd. Sunday was a similar affair as Villa crashed after coming together with a fellow rider, but he picked his machine back up and soldiered onto a 23rd-place ride.

"It was not a very good weekend for us," Villa admitted. "I never had a good feeling with the front of my bike and I couldn't progress during the weekend like we had hoped. I had some bad luck and that didn’t help, either. In the second race I touched with another rider and that was it."

Meanwhile, Daniel Guevara qualified 18th best in the combined AMA Pro SuperSport field at 1:35.728. He improved on his starting position to finish 15th on Saturday and 14th on Sunday aboard his GSX-R600. He stands seventh in the East Region standings, just seven points removed from a fifth-place ranking.

Team owner Chris Ulrich said, "The guys had a trying weekend but the positive thing is the team gets to try again in a few days. Having a quick turnaround to the next race is always good after a difficult weekend. We'll see how it goes in California."

Villa is expecting stronger results in next weekend's combined MotoGP/AMA Pro Road Racing weekend at Laguna Seca in Monterey, CA. "I'm really looking forward to next week. Laguna is my favorite track. We'll shake the bad luck and go to the next round."

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